In 1879, the American Indian lived under severe handicaps: having no legal status as a human being and with the requirement to stay on reservations. Defying the law, Ponca Chief Standing Bear leads his people off their disease-ridden reservation. Though they're captured, the Poncas are given three days to find a lawyer and find a legal way to become their own people once again.
Juano Hernández
as Chief Standing Bear
Ralph Bellamy
as Lambertson
Albert Dekker
as Judge Dundy
William Hickey
as Carter
Dina Merrill
as Annette DeGrande
Earl Holliman
as Webster
Tim O'Connor
as Lawrence
Conrad Nagel
as General George Crook
